Self-feeder for baling-presses.



PATENTBD JUNE 12, 1906.

C. E. BOWBR.

$ELF FEEDER POE BALING PRESSES.

APPLICIATION FILED AUG. 1. 1905.

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C. B. BOWER. SELF FEEDER FUR BALING PRESSES.

APPLIOATIUH FILED EG1|1905.

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0. E BOWER. SELF FEEDER FOR BALHIG PRESSES.

APPLIOATIOH FILED AUG. 1. 1905.

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CLARENCE E. BOVVER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

SELF-FEEDER FOR BALlNG-PRESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1 906.

Application filed August 1, 1905. herial No, 272.141.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I CLARENCE E. Bowen;

a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Self-Feeders for Belingoi which the following is e specified tion.

This invention relates to self-feeders for baling-presses, end has for its object to produce mechanism of this character which efficiently, reliably, and expeditiously disposes the beling material in the press.

A further object is to reduce mechanism of this character which fiieds the belin material into the press in the form of a. Wei and effects the severance of such web within the case just prior to the in'ipoct on such web of the plunger.

A still further object is to produce mechanism of this character which accommodates itself to the varying conditions or kinds of baling inaterial so as to avoid the possibility of being choked if the web entering the haling-cese be exceptionally thick.

Another object is to produce means for retarding the baling material in case of an overcharge, and thus guardin against the formation of a web of such thic ltness or depth as to threaten choke e of the machine.

\Vith these 0 jects in view and others as hereinafter appear the invention consists in certain nove and peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts, as here inafter described and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly lJI'OliGfr sway, of a hailing-press equipped with selffeed attachments embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, partly in top plan and partly in section, on the line II II of Fig. Fig.3 a vertical section on the line III III of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a section on the line TV IV of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a. vertical section on the lineV V of Fig. 1 end on the same scale as Figs. 2 to 4 inclusive. Fig. 6 is a detail perspeetiv'e'view oi the lower half orflbottorn of the movable guideway. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of theneedle-pointed knife.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates a balingnose of the usual rectangular form in crosssection and constructed of any suitable material, as tiie precise construction of this press press shown has a feed-opening 2 in its upper side and is rovided with e reciprocatory plunger 3, w llC-ll by preference is provided with the entifi'iction-roiiers 4 at the upper corners ofits face. The plunger, as usual, may he provided with the supporting-rollers 5 and is connected by the pitnien 6 to the crsnlepin 7, connecting e air of gear-Wheels 8, hrranged, prefereb y, within and projecting above and below the press,said wheels being mounted rigidly on a transverse shaft 9, journaled in bearings 10, secured to the bathingcase. Said wheels interrnesh with the gearpinions 11, secured rigidly on transverse shaft 1 2, journeled in the case and'equipped at opposite sides of the latter with gearwheels 13, intcrincshing with geer-pinions 14, mounted on it trans verse shaft 15,journeledin the baling-case,snid shaft carrying at one end a fly-wheel 16 and at the other a. belt-wheel 17, to which rotation is imparted through the medium of a belt. (Not shown.) As this plunger-actuating mechanism is simply on ordinary train of gearing and forms no indispensehie element of the invention, certain of the wheels shove referred to appear only in dotted lines, and only a single wheel appears where duplicates are described, it being reediiv understood that motion imported to the belt-wheel results in reciprocatory movement of the plunger, and in this connection it should be noted that the openings in the top and bottom of the billing-case through which wheels 8 project also accommodate the revolving crank-pin end the connected end of the pitman.

Near the front end of the feed-opening the side Walls of the haling-cese are cut away, as at 18, and secured to the outer side of each wall is an inverted-U-shaped frame 19, disposed verticelly, the vertical arms of said frame being at o posite sides of said openings, said arms o the frames being provided with vertical tongues 20, slidebly engaged by the grooved slide-plates 21, which when they occupy thElT'H'lOSt depressed positions project slightly above the top of the beling-csse by preference.

22 indicates a roll which by preference is longitudinally fluted, as shown, and has its spindles joufnsled in the slide-plates 21 end in a pair of swing-arms 2 1, having longitudinal slots 23 pivotslly engaging pins 25, projecting inward from the side walls of the huling-csse contiguous to the front end of the is unimportant in this connection. The feed-opening thereof, said swing=arms converging downward and rearward with respect to the bottom of the baling- 'ase for a purpose which hereinafter appears. Vertically above roll 22 the slide-plates 21 are provided with vertical slots 26. and fitting slidingly in said slots are boxes 27, held depressed by expansive coil-springs .28, occupying said slots and pr rising at their upper ends against the caps 29, vertically adjustable for the purpose of varying the pressure of the springs by capscrews engaging the slide-plates 21, the springs being retained in operative position by means of the guide-rods 32, which project vertically upward from the slide boxes through the sprin and caps.

33 indicates a periphmrally-fluted roll having its spindles journaled in sliding boxes 27 and engaging the longitudinal slots 34 of a pair of swing-arms 35, said swing-arms being pivoted at their upper ends on a transverse shaft 36, journaled in sliding boxes $37, mounted in vertical standards 38, secured to the opposite sides and externally of the baling-case, said shaft 36 being preferably vertically above the pivotal points 25 of swing-arms 21 and provided with a longitudinally-lluted roll 36 between said standards 38, and in this connection it should be noted that the swing-arms converge downward and rear ward with respect to the lower swing-arn'is. It will also be noticed that the sliding boxes 37 are held. yieldingly depre sed by mechanisin of the same character and arrangement as that described with relation to sliding box 27, and therefore needs no detail description. The swing-arms 24 are connected in the plane of their upper edges by the cross-plate 39, extending from a point adjacent to the roll 22 nearly to the upper or front ends of the arms.

42 indicates a plate connecting arms 35 in the plane of their lower edges and extending from a point a suitable distance from roll 33 to a point about vertically above the corresponding or rear end of plate 351, and journaled in said arms 35 and depending through an opening 43 in plate 42 are a series of rolls 44. plane of the lower edge of arms 35 from roll 33 to a point above and overlapping plate 42, and said plate 45 is provided with. arms 46, which pivotally engage the spindles of roll 33 and fit snugl} between the ends of said roll and said arms 35. The arms and their respective lixed plates and slide-plates constitute a guideway havingits delivery end adapted to discharge at varying altitudes, as hereinafter explained, and by reason of the fact that the upper swing-arms and their connections, which may be termed the top of the guideway, are held yieldingly depressed at each end it is obvious that the web of baling material passing between the guideways may vary in thickness witl'iout interrupting the feeding operation. it will also be apparent that upward-swinging movement of the bot- 45 is a slide-plate which occupies the I tom of the guideway viz arms 24, and the roll connecting the plates carried by said arms--willcause like movement on the part of the superposed roll and the top of the guideway, the spindles of said rolls sliding forwardly in the slots of said arms and the slideplates having like n'iovenlcnt with respect to the stationary plate, said parts moving in the opposite direction when said swing-arms are again (lt])lt::(tl. ln this connection it will of course be understood that the upwardswinging movement of the bottom of the guidcway is accompanied by upward movement of the slide-plates 21 and that the weight of said slide-plates and the connected parts return them to their originally-depressed positions.

47 indicates a horizontal cross-bar rigidly connecting the slide-plates 21 rearward and near the upper surface of the roll 22, and said plate 47 is provided with. a narrow transverse slot 48 for a purpose which hereinafter appears. Secured rigidly to plates 21 above plate 47 and rearward of and in about the same plane as the center of roll 32) is a horizontal plate 49, which projects rearward beyond. the guide frame it! a suitable distance for a purpose which is hereinafter explained, and said plate is provided with a transverse slot 50, disposed vertically above slot 48, but of somewhat greater width, a pair of rolls 50 being journaled between plates 4T 49 at the ends of slot 48.

51 indicates a pair of vertical guide-bars arranged inward of the rear arms of guideframes 19, so as to provide slots 52, wherein slide-plates .21 may recipro ate, the bars 5'] being widened at their upper ends, as at 53, so as to fit snugly against said guide-frames and be secured thereto by bolts 54. The lower ends of said bars 51 are connected by cross-brmes .35, and the bars 51 are provided at their inner sides with. grooves 56 in the vertical plane of slots 48 and St), and engaging the grooves of said bars are the tongues 57 of the transverse frame 58, equipped with a depending knife in the form of a series of sicklesections 59, having their beveled edges disposed forwardly and provided at their points with depending needles tit). This knife-carrying slide-frame is normally held elevated in the position shown. in Figs. 3 and 5 by retractile springs (51, connected at their lower ends to said slide and at their upper ends to bolts 54, as shown most clearly in the last-named figure. Projecting upward from the center of the knife-carrying slide is a bifurcated arm 62, and pivoted therein is the front end of a lever comprising arm 63 and fulcrum-rod (34, said rod being journaled in the front pair of arn'is of the standards 19, as shown most clearly in Figs. 3 and 4, the leverarm being braced from the fulcrum-rod by means of braces (55.

66 represents forwardly-projecting crankwheel 7] 4 5 the knife.

arms mountedon the ends of fulcrum-rods 64 i IO to sprocket-Wheel 73, secured rigidly on the end of the shaft 74, journsled in standards 38 and equipped between said standards with a transverse roller 75, sprocket-wheel F3 having preferably half as many teeth as sprocket- Secured rigidly on one end of said shaft s bevel gear-wheel 76, having the some number of teeth as sprocket-wheels 73 and meshing with a bevehgesr 'Z'Tef twice the number of teeth, said Wheel 7? being secured upon the upper end of shaft 78, iournaled in bearings 79, secured to standards 38 and 80, secured to the sides of the hailing-case. Secured to the lower end of said shaft is a bevel-gear 81, meshing with bevel-gear 82 on the longitudinally-extending shaft 83, journsled in bearings 84 and 85, secured to the billing-(351st), bevel-gear 86 on the front end of shaft 83 meshing with bevel-gear 87 on the end of shaft 9, the arrangement being such that with each compression-stroke of the plunger there will be one revolution of omnisarms 68, and, through the action of said arms on the rook-lever, one depression of the cutting mechanism, it being noted in this eon- 3 5 nection that it requires only about one-tenth of a revolution of said arms 68 to effect the full depression of the cutting mechanism, and

consequently that the action of the letter is at a ratio of about ten to one with regard to the speed of the plunger, the springs 6i reels voting the cutting mechanism the instant after said arms 68 clear rollers 67 in order that the advance of the Web of baling n e terisl shall not be impeded by and piief'fip s giiin st Bet-Ween standards l snd' the side Wells are provided with uptvsrdextensions 88, which form sides for the vertiesllirmovable guideway hereinbefore described for the purpose of insuring the passage of the web of healing materiel passing through said guidcway down into the bailing-case through the feed-opening thereof.

89 indicates standards rising from the beling-ease and dis osed apart a distance ex- 5 5 ceeding the widt of the letter.

W 90 indicates a transverse feedroll having its shaft 'ournaledinstandsrds S9 at e suitable heig t above the baling-case, and 91 a similar roll having its shaft journaled in vertical slidahle boxes 92,,1nounted in the standerds and held depressed by sprin s 93.

94 indicates e'second set of standards erected upon the bailing-case and shout the same distance apart as standards 89, and mounted slidingly in the upper ends of standards 94 are slidebloeks 95, held yieldingly depressed hy springs 96.

97 indicates a pair of standards erected upon the front end of the billing-case and "ehnn'eeted by a, cross-rod 8, and pivotslly mounted on said eross-rod end projecting forward therefrom are side bars 99, connected at their front ends by at cross shaft 166 with coincide-nth; pivoted legs 101 102, the former being employed when the frame 99 occupies a horizontal position and legs 18;? when said frame occupies the inclined posi= tion shown by dotted lines, Fig. l. 'See ured rigidly on shaft 100 is a. roller 183, connected by an endless cross-slst or equivalent eonveyer 104 to the roller 1G5, contiguous to and in a hi 'her plane than roll 90, the shaft of said roller 195 being journsled in side boards 106, connecting standards 89 and 94, similar side boards 10? extending forward from standerds l end mounted on cross-rod 98 at the outer side of sides 99 of the pivoted frame, it roller 108 being journaled on red 98 between the upper and lower strands of the endless conveyer in order that said strand may bend around said roller when said pivoted frame is swung downward to the position shown in dotted lines, a similar roller 109, carried by and between standards 97, underlying the lower strand of said belt as a bending-point for such strand.

r 7 iii) indie-sites a frame connecting side hosrds 1G6 and extending from stendsrds 89 to and slightly forward of standards 9-1, and depending from said frame are shsrpened pins 111 for the purpose of preventing an overcharge of behng materiel iron; "seeing to' fo'l'ls 90 end 91. As long as the fee is uni- "form these ins do not come into contact with thebs ing materiel, because they are shielded by the board 112, pivoted, as at 113, to standards 89 and provided With holes 114, receivin stander s 94 extending obliquely upward, as at 115, for the purpose of reducing the mess of bsiing materiel heing conveyed upon the endless conveyer to a uniform thickness. in case the volume of material is too great it will press against the under side of board 112 and swing the same upwardly, so as to expose the points of the pins, so that thelstter wili set as a retsrder for the upp'er part of the Web of the rneterisl and permit of the passage of theproper volume only to and between rolls 'QUsnd hseid web of materiel passing thence into the downwardly and rearwsrdly extending 'guideivey;consisting of the bottom 116, side senile 11?, and top wall 118, the friction between the web of material and said guideway being reduced to the minimum by means of the roliers 1 19, depending through the top we11,snd the upright rollers 126, projecting inwardly of the side walls, it being noted in "1th is eonneotion that this guidewny eonverges resrs'erdly for the purpose of condensing the material and reducing its width to approximately that of the movable guideway hereinbefore described.

Referring now particularly to Figs. and 5, it will be noticed that shaft 74, driven as hereinbefore explained, projects some distance beyond one side of the baling-case, and mounted upon said shaft at a suitable point is a gear-wheel 121, meshing with a similar gear 122 on a short shaft 123, said shaft being connected by a universal joint 124 to one member of a telescopic or eXtensible and contractible shaft 125, the opposite end of said shaft being connected by a universal joint 126 to the contiguous end of shaft 36. This telescopic shaft universally connected, as ex plained, is provided in order to accommodate the rise and fall of the roll 36. .127 indicates a sprocket-wheel mounted on shaft 74 and connected by a chain 128 with a sprocketwheel 129 on a short shaft 130, disposed in the horizontal plane about half-way between the planes occupied by roll 22 when in its depressed and elevated positions, and said short shaft 130 is connected by a universal joint 131 to one end of a telescopic shaft 132, the other end of said shaft being connected by a universal joint 133 with one end of the shaft of roll 134 indicates a gear-wheel mounted on shaft 130 and meshing with a gear-wheel 135, mounted on a short shaft 136, connected by a universal joint 137 with one end of the telescopic shaft 138, connected by a universal joint 139 at its opposite end to the contiguous end of the shaft of roll 33. This arrangement provides for a rotary movement of the rolls 22 and 33 without interfering with their vertical movement. 140 indicates a second sprocketwheel mounted on shaft 74 and connected by a chain 141 with a sprocket-wheel 142 on the extended end of the shaft of roll 90, and said shaft is provided with a gear-wheel 143, meshing with the similar gear 144 on the short shaft 145 ,universally jointed, as at 146, to the telescopic shaft 147, universally connected at its opposite end, as at 148, to the contiguous end of the shaft of roll 91. Also mounted on the shaft of roll 90 is a sprocketwheel 149, connected by a chain 150 to the sproeketwheel 151 on the shaft of roller 105 of the endless conveyor.

Through the medium of the gearing described the various shafts of which are journaled in. boXings carried by a skeleton frame 151, projecting from the baling-case and of the type shown or of any other suitable or preferred type, it will be apparent that the conveyer and the rolls will travel continuously in the directions indicated by the contiguous arrows and in consequence will feed the material, as hereinbefore explained, into the baling-case from the movable guideway. In such operation it will be noted that as the baling-plunger advances its antifriction-rollers 4 will engage the lower edge of the swingarms 24 of the movable guideway and will cause the same to swing upward without interfering with the movement of the web of baling material through said guideway other than raising said web of material and at the same time the superposed roll 33 and the top of said guideway. It will also be noticed that just before the balingplungcr has made half its compression-stroke that is, at the moment when the upward movement of the movable guideway ceases arms (53, moving in the direction. indicated, engage the lower sides of said rolls 67 and operate the rocklever to effect the downstroke of the cutting mechanism. This downstroke takes place as the parts are proportioned about ten times as rapidly as the plunger moves and occurs, as above suggested, at the moment that the upward movement of rolls 22 and 33, and consequently slide plates 21 and bars 47 and 49, ceases. As a result of this downward movement the needles and knife pass successively through slots 50 and 48, the lastnamed slot being narrow, so that its rear edge shall form, in effect, a stationary shearing surface whereon the knife shears the web of baling material contiguous to the rear sides of rolls 22 and 33, it being understood that the needles depending below the knife act as entering wedges for the points of the knives in order that the latter may perform its function most efficiently and reliably. Furthermore, by opening up such way they take the impact of the baling material from the extreme points of the knife, and thus preserve it in a sharpened condition longer than would be the case if the needles were not employed.

Immediately the cutting action is finished arms 68 clear rollers 67 and permit the springs 61 to instantly reelevate the cutting mechanism to its original position, where it remains until the plunger has completed its stroke and been withdrawn to its original position and is again moving on its next compressionstroke to reelevate the movable guideway. Immediately the cutting mech anism has been withdrawn, as hercinbefore stated, the continuously moving plunger forces that portion of the baling material severed from the web through the case until it has passed the retainers 1.52, which prevel'it it springing back materially as the withdrawal action of the plunger takes place. As the plunger in its withdrawal movement asses forward of the su erposed rolls 22 and 33 the latter, with slidi plates 21, move downward, and thereby cause plate 411 to press downward into the baling-chamber that portion of the front end of the web of baling material which, under the continuously-moving feed-rolls, is projected beyond the same during the rear half of the compression and the first half of the withdrawalstroke of the plunger-in other words, that ortion of the web of heling material which?" res accumulated at the delivery side of the feed-rolls before the latter have been again depressed to the bottom of the balin -case.

From the above description it will e ep parent that I have produced 3 self-feeder fer baling-presses embodying the features of edvantege enumerated as desirable in the state ment of the object of the invention and which obviously may be modified in its form, proportion, detail construction, and errangement of the parts without departm from the principle of construction involve Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Potcnt,'is

1. In a self-feeder for billing-presses, a set of feed-rolls, and means to move the same within the bailing-case at an angle to its length.

2. In a. selffeeder for baling-presses, a set of feed-rolls, means to move the same within the ba ling-case at an angle to its length, and means for holding one of said feed-rolls pressed yieldingly toward the other.

3. In a self-feeder for bailing-presses, a set of feedrolls, means to move the same within the bailing-case at an angle to its length, and means to sever the belin material at the do livery side of the feed-rolls.

4. In a self-feeder for baling-presses, a set of feed-rolls, means to move the same within the bailing-ones at an angle to its length, and e reciprocatory cutting mechanism to sever the beling material at the delivery side of said rolls.

5. In a selffeecler for bailing-presses, a set of feed-rolls, means to move the same within the beling-ease at an angle to its length, a

cutting mechanism, means to cause the cuttin mechanism to move toward said rolls an out the baling material at the delivery side of the latter, and means to instantly reelevete said cutting mechanism, after the cutting operation takes place.

6. In a self-feeder for balin -presses, .a set of feedrolls, means to move t e same within the billing-case at an angle to its length, a pointed knife, needles projecting from and beyond the points of the knife, and means to cause the knife to move toward said rolls and sever the beiing material at the delivery side of said rolls etter the needles have impaled such material.

7. In a. self-feeder for hiding-presses, a set of feed-rolls, means to move the same within the bailing-case at an angle to its length, a pointed knife, needles projecting from and beyond the points of the knife, means to cause the knife to move toward said rolls and sever the balin material at the delivery side of said rolls a ter the needles have impaled such material, and means to instantly withdrew the knife after the cutting action hsseeeurred. 7 V

8. In a self-feeder for heling-presses, s set of feed-rolls, means to move the same within the baling-case at an an 'le to its is th, and a plunger to reciprocate longitudinal y in the hiding-case and compress the baling material fed therein by the feed-rolls.

9. In a self-feeder for balingpresses, a set of feed-rolls, means to move the same within the baling-case at an angle to its length, a.

longer to reciprocate longitudinally in the lialing-case and compress the baling material fed therein by the feed-rolls, and means for severing the beling material at the delivery side of the feed-rolls before such material is compressed by the plunger.

10. In e self-feeder for calm -presses, s. set of feed-rolls, means to move tie same within the baling-c ase at an angle to its length, a glunger to reciprocate longitudinally in the sling-case end compress the beling materiel fed therein by the fced-rolls, means for severing the baling material at the delivery side of the feed-rolls before such material is compressed, and means for withdrawing the cutting mechanism from the baling-eese before the plunger engages the baling materiel.

l I. In a self-feeder for balling-presses, a set of feed-rolls for feeding 3. web of material into the case end yieldingly depressed therein, a reciprocetory plunger in the press, and means whereby the compression-stroke of the plunger shell effect the elevation of the feed-rolls end material fed thereby. 7

32. In a selfdeeder for balms-presses, a set of feed-rolls for feeding a we of material into the case and held yieldingly depressed therein a. reciprocatory plunger in the press, means whereby the corepression-stroke of the plunger shall effect the elevetion of the feedrells and material fed thsrehy, and means to sever the web of beling material at the delivery side of the feed-rolls as they attain their elevated positions.

13. In a selffeeder for beling-presses, a set of feed-rolls for feeding a web of material into the case and held yieldingly depressed therein, a reciprocntory plunger in the press, means whereby the compression-stroke of the plunger shall efiect the elevation of the feedrolls and material fed thereby, means to sever the web of beling material at the delivery side ofthe feedrolls as they attain their elevated positions, and means to withdraw the cutting mechanism immediately after the cutting action has occurred, out of the path of the plunger.

14. In a self-feeder for beling-presses, it set of feed-rolls for Feeding a Web of material into the case and held yieldingly depressed therein, a reci rocatory plunger in the press, means where y the compression-stroke of the plunger shall efi'ect the elevation of the feed-rolls and material fed thereby, means to sever the web of baling nuiterial at the delivery side of the feed-rolls as they attain their elevated positions, means to withdraw the eutting mechanism immediately after the cutting aetion has occurred. out of the path ol the plunger, and means to press the baling material down toward the bottom of the press after the plunger has completed its power-stroke and is making its return stroke.

15. In a self-feeder l or balingpresses, a set of teed-rolls, means to move the same within the hating-ease at an angle to its length, means to sever the baling material at the delivery side of the feed-rolls, and means to press the front end of the web of baling material toward the bottom of the balingwase.

16. .In a seltteeder l'or hating-presses, a set of driven feed-rolls to feed the baling material into the baling-ease in the lorm of a web and held yieldingly therein, means to elevate said feed-rolls and the web ol' material being ted thereby, means to sever the web of baling material at the delivery side of the l'eedrolls when the latter are elevated, and a plate movable with the feed-rolls and adapted as it deseends therewith to press the severed material at its end contiguous to said rolls, toward the bottom of the billing-ease.

17. In. a self-feeder vlor billing-presses, a guideway extending downward and rearward into the balinguse through the leedopening thereof and provided at its lower end with a set of driven teedrolls, a reeiproeatory plunger in the baling-ease, meanswherebythe guideway is swung upward as the compressionstroke of the plunger oeeurs, means to sever the web of baling material passing through the guideway and between its rolls as said guideway attains its elevated position, and means to withdraw said cutting meehanism out of the path ol the plunger on its (ompression.stroke.

18. In. a self-feeder 'l'or baling-presses, a gnideway extending downward and rearward into the baling-ease through the feedopening thereof and provided at its low er end with a set of driven teed-rolls, a reeiproeatory plunger in the baling-ease, means whereby the guideway is swung upward as the eompression-stroke ol' the plunger oeeurs, means to sever the web of baling material passing through the guideway and between its rolls as said guideway attains its elevated position, means to withdraw said eutting mechanism out oi the path of the plunger on its eompresssion stroke, and means movable with the guideway to depress the severed baling material at its end contiguous to said rolls, during the withdrawal-stroke of the plunger.

19. In a self-feeder lor baling-presses, a set of feed-rolls movable in the baling-ease at an angle to its length and adapted to feed baling material in the form of a web into said ease, slotted. bars at the delivery side of the rolls and between whieh the baling material also passes, and a reeiproeatory knife to move sueeessively through the slotted bars and sever the web ol baling material upon the lower one.

2U. In a self-feeder for baling-presses, a set of feed-rolls movable in the baling-ease at an angle to its length and adapted to feed baling n'iaterial in the form of a web into said ease, slotted bars at the delivery side of the rolls and. between. WIUUIl the balmg material also passes. a reeiproeatory plunger adapted as it makes its pmver-stroke to move the feed-rolls and slotted bars out of its path, and a reeiprmratory knife to move successively through said slotted bars and sever the web of baling material between them as they attain their elevated positions.

21. In a self-feeder for bailing-presses, a series of sets of feed-rolls oi whieh the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the baling-ease through the feed-opening thereof to deliver the material into said baling-ease.

22. In a self-feeder t'or bailing-presses, a series of sets of teed-rolls ol' whieh the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the baling-ease through the leedopening thereof to deliver the baling material into said baliug ease, means to elevate said delivery-end set of rolls, and means to sever the web of baling material at the delivery side of said set of rolls when elevated.

23. 111 a seli i eeder lor tailing-presses. a series of sets oi teed-rolls of which. the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the balingease through the teed-opening thereof to deliver the baling material into said balingease. means to elevate said delivery-end set of rolls, means to sever the web of baling material at the delivery side of said set of rolls when elevated, and a reeiproeatory plunger to compress the severed portion of the baling material in the ease beyond the teed-opening, while said set of teed-rolls are elevated.

.24. In a sell-feeder [or tailing-presses, a series of sets of feed-rolls of which. the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the baling-ease through the feed-opening thereof to deliver the baling material into said balingease, means to elevate said delivery-end set of rolls, means to sever the web of baling material at the delivery side of said set of rolls when elevated, a reeiproeatory plunger to eompress the severed portion of the baling material in the ease beyond the fetal-opening while said set of feedrolls are elevated, and means movable with said movable set of rolls to depress the severed baling material at its end eontiguous to said last-named rolls as the withdrawal-stroke of the plunger occurs.

25. In a self-feeder for bailing-presses, a series of sets of feed-rolls of which the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the beling-cese through the feed-opening thereol to deliver the material into said heling-eese, means to deliver the baling material in the form of a Web to the sides of the feed-rolls, and means to retard said web of heling material if passing in excessive volume to the feedrolls.

26. In a sell-feed er for billing-presses, e series of sets of feed-rolls of which the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the heling-ease through the feed-opening thereof to deliver the material into said baling-eese, means to deliver the material in the form of a web to the sides of the feed-rolls, and retarding mechanism for the material being fed to the rolls if in excessive volume, said mechanism comprising, series of depending pins, and a vertically-movable guard normally covering said pins and pressing yieldingly down upon the beling material.

27 In it self-feeder tor hailing-presses, a series of sets of feed-rolls of which the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the helin -case through the feed-opening thereof to de iver the material into said billing-ease means to deliver the material in the form of a web to the sides of the feed-rolls, means to retard the Web of heling material it passing in excessive volume to the ieed rolls and moons for holding the upper roll of each set yieldingly depressed.

in a self-feeder for beling-presses, e series of sets of feed-rolls of which the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the hel ing-ease through the feed-opening thereol' to deliver the material into said boling-ense a conveyor to convey hiding material to the first or receiving set of rolls, and means resting vieldingly upon said material to cause it to pass in the form of a web between said receiving-sets of rolls.

.39. In a sell-feeder for bailing-presses, a se ries of sets of teed-rolls of which the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the haling-eese through the ieedopening thereof to deliver the material into said billing-ease, a conveyor to convey haling materiel to the first or receiving set of rolls, means resting yieldingly upon said material to cause it to pass in the form of a web between seid receiving-sets of rolls, and means for retarding the beling material passing to said receivingrolls if in volume.

30. In a sell-feeder for biLllIIg-PIGSSBS, 21 series of sets of ieed-rolls of which the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the heling-cese through the feedopening thereof to l 3 L 1 l i i l i 1 g guideweys connecting said sets 5 deliver the material to he I the plunger billing-case, of rolls, one of the guideweys sloping downw erd and rearward and having its sides converging reerwardly to condense the paling materiel passing therethrough, leterelly.

31. in a sell-feeder for haling-presses, a series of sets of ieedrolls of which the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the heling-cese through the feed-opening thereof to deliver the material into said helingwase, guidewnys connecting said sets of rolls, one of the gold eweys sloping downward and rearward end having its sides converging reerweirdly to eondense laterally the heling meteriel passing therethrough, upright entifrietitan-rollers proiecting inwardly of the side walls ol the girideweys, and horizontal antiirietion-rollers protruding below the top of the guidewey.

32. In a self-feeder for belingqiresses e se ries of sets of feed-rolls of which the deliveryend set are normally depressed into the heling-e .s through the teed-opening thereof to deliver the material to be holed into said heling-eese, and menus for revolving the feedrolls.

In a self-feeder for heling-presses, e series of sets of feed-iolls, of whioh the delivery end set are normally depressed into the onlingcase through the feed-opening thereof to holed into ss d beling-eese, means for driving the lower feeoh rolls of each set, shzii'ts driven from said feedrolls, and telescopic shei'ts having universaljoint connections at their ends with the lastnemed shafts and the upper feed-rolls.

34. In a self-feeder for neling-presses, e ot teed-rolls for feeding it web of material into the ease and held yieldingly depressed therein, a reoiprocstory plunger in the press, means whereby the compression-stroke of shell eileet the elevation of the feed-rolls and material led thereby, means to sever the weh of beling material at the delivery side of the food-rolls as they attain their elevated positions, means to withdraw the cutting mech anism i nnnedietely alter the cutting action has occurred, out of the path oi the plunger, and means to press the Front portion of the Web of billing mete-rial toward the bottom of the beling-case.

In testimony whereof I ollix my in the presence of two witnesses.

CLARENCE E BQWER.

deliver the material into said signature iVitnesses H. (I. Ronenns, G. Y. THORPE. 

